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Highlighted Articles: Computers, consciousness and creativity<p>
A new theoretical model of human thinking that could, in principle, be implemented on a conventional computer provides an insight into human creativity.</p>Thu, 19 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100https://www.journals.elsevier.com/physics-of-life-reviews/highlighted-articles/can-this-framework-finally-answer-the-question-what-is-life
Highlighted Articles: Can this framework finally answer the question – "What is life?"<p>
<strong>A new scientific framework to study living systems: The variational approach</strong></p>Mon, 09 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100https://www.journals.elsevier.com/physics-of-life-reviews/article-selections/virtual-special-issue-on-women-in-physics-2018
Article Selections: Article Selection on Women in Physics 2018<p>
We are delighted to introduce you to some very recent, novel work of women physicists that has contributed to the advance of this discipline and related fields.</p>
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<a class="cta-tertiary" href="https://www.elsevier.com/physical-sciences/physics/virtual-special-issue-on-women-in-physics-2018" target="_blank">View </a></p>Thu, 08 Mar 2018 00:00:00 Zhttps://www.journals.elsevier.com/physics-of-life-reviews/call-for-papers/special-issue-physics-of-mind
Call for Papers: Special Issue: Physics of Mind<p>
In recent years, both fields of physics and psychology have seen important scientific advances. The emergence of new instruments gave rise to a data-driven neuroscience allowing us to learn about the state of the brain related to specific mental processes and conversely. In parallel, the appearance of new mathematics allowed the development of sophisticated computational models describing fundamental brain functions and implementing them in successful technological applications. While emphasizing the methodology of physics, the special issue aims to bring together these trends in both the experimental and theoretical sciences in order to explain some of the most basic mental processes such as perception, cognition, emotion, consciousness, and learning.</p>Wed, 01 Nov 2017 00:00:00 Zhttps://www.journals.elsevier.com/physics-of-life-reviews/highlighted-articles/new-model-could-save-lives-when-evacuating-panic-stricken-ma
Highlighted Articles: New model could save lives when evacuating panic-stricken masses<p>
A gunshot rips through a night club. Shouts of “fire” ring out from the deck of a crowded cruise liner. At one side of a stadium, people start screaming and pushing against each other.</p>
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In any of these situations, panic would begin to permeate the crowd, as contagious as a virus, as people rush for the exits. It does not matter much whether it is a real gunshot, fire or cause for alarm; once people in the crowd are scared, everyone is in danger. Now, a team of researchers has simulated the behaviour of evacuating crowds, creating a model that could save lives.</p>Thu, 08 Dec 2016 06:20:00 Zhttps://www.journals.elsevier.com/physics-of-life-reviews/article-selections/virtual-special-issue-on-women-in-physics
Article Selections: Article Selection on Women in Physics<p>
We are delighted to bring you our Virtual Special Issue Women in Physics. We are proud to present a compilation of papers that have been authored by outstanding women scientists in high level Physics publications, ranging across various disciplines.</p>Mon, 07 Mar 2016 00:00:00 Zhttps://www.journals.elsevier.com/physics-of-life-reviews/article-selections/virtual-special-issue-on-the-nobel-prize-research-papers-aut
Article Selections: Article Selection on the Nobel Prizes 2014<p>
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Compiled by Marco Bettinelli, Sergey Feofilov and Richard Meltzer, <em>Journal of Luminescence</em></p>Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0100https://www.journals.elsevier.com/physics-of-life-reviews/news/discovery-of-quantum-vibrations
News: Discovery of Quantum Vibrations in “Microtubules” Inside Brain Neurons Confirms Controversial 20-Year-Old Theory of Consciousness<p>
Discovery of Quantum Vibrations in “Microtubules” Inside Brain Neurons Confirms Controversial 20-Year-Old Theory of Consciousness.</p>
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A review and update of a controversial 20-year-old theory of consciousness published in Physics of Life Reviews claims that consciousness derives from deeper level, finer scale activities inside brain neurons.</p>Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:00:00 Z